A Comparative Study of Hall Technique, Modified Hall Technique and Conventional Stainless-Steel Crown Restorations in the Treatment of Primary Molars With Proximal Caries Lesions.

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Dental Caries

Treatments: Device: Conventional Technique (CT); Device: Modified Hall Technique (MHT); Device: Hall Technique (HT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04822233

HSC-DB-20-1247

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the Hall technique and modified Hall technique to the conventional Stainless-Steel Crown restoration in the treatment of primary molars with dentinal caries with or without proximal ridge intact.

Enrollment: 132 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 8 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medically fit children
• Children who exhibit cooperative behavior at initial bitewing radiograph procedure
• Children with symptom-free or reversible pulpitis restorable first and second primary molars in both arches
• Teeth with D1 lesions will be included
• No periapical or furcation pathologies on bite wing radiographs

Exclusion criteria

• Medically compromised children
• Children with uncooperative behavior during bitewing radiograph process
• Primary molars with irreversible pulpitis
• Teeth with furcation or peri radicular pathologies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 3 patient groups

Hall Technique (HT)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Hall Technique (HT)

Modified Hall Technique (MHT)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Modified Hall Technique (MHT)

Conventional Technique (CT)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Conventional Technique (CT)